Solutions Architect

F5
Norway
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 12+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Presentation","Consultative problem-solving","Collaboration","Executive presence","Strategic mindset"]

Lead AI infrastructure solution architecture for F5’s BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes (BNK), helping Neocloud and AI infrastructure customers design, modernize, and scale AI Factories. Partner closely with a Principal Account Executive to qualify opportunities and drive technical win strategies. Serve as a trusted advisor to CTOs and platform leaders, delivering deep technical discovery, architecture workshops, demos, and complex PoCs across Kubernetes networking and NVIDIA hardware acceleration (BlueField DPU offload).

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Solutions Architect

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Job Summary

Lead AI infrastructure solution architecture for F5’s BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes (BNK), helping Neocloud and AI infrastructure customers design, modernize, and scale AI Factories. Partner closely with a Principal Account Executive to qualify opportunities and drive technical win strategies. Serve as a trusted advisor to CTOs and platform leaders, delivering deep technical discovery, architecture workshops, demos, and complex PoCs across Kubernetes networking and NVIDIA hardware acceleration (BlueField DPU offload).
Location: Norway
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive architecture strategy and solution design for enterprise Kubernetes, high-performance networking, and AI workload ingress/egress initiatives.
  • •Partner daily with a Principal Account Executive to qualify opportunities, execute technical win strategies, and align F5 capabilities to executive business cases.
  • •Serve as a trusted technical advisor to CTOs, Chief Architects, and Platform Engineering leaders at hyper-scale Neoclouds and AI Native companies.
  • •Run deep technical discovery, architecture workshops, demonstrations, and complex Proof of Concepts (PoCs) in high-throughput environments.
  • •Create reusable AI Factory reference architectures, technical playbooks, and best practices for DPU-resident service layers; bridge market trends and requirements to F5 Product and Engineering.

Key Requirements

  • •12+ years of experience in Solutions Architecture, Solutions Engineering, Platform Engineering, or related customer-facing technical roles.
  • •Deep, hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, container orchestration, cloud-native networking (CNIs), and application delivery.
  • •Experience architecting massive-scale cloud infrastructure, especially in HPC or AI data center environments.
  • •Advanced understanding of Layer 2-7 networking (BGP, EVPN, VXLAN) and hardware acceleration (SmartNICs, NVIDIA BlueField DPUs).
  • •Proven ability to engage, challenge, and influence senior technical stakeholders with strong communication and presentation skills.
Experience:12+ yearsAI infrastructureCloud-native networkingKubernetesHPCAI data centers
Skills:CommunicationPresentationConsultative problem-solvingCollaborationExecutive presenceStrategic mindset
Tech Stack:KubernetesContainer orchestrationCloud-native networking (CNIs)BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes (BNK)NVIDIA BlueField DPUNVIDIA DOCABGPVRFsMultusLayer 2-7 networkingEVPNVXLANSmartNICsDPUsSR-IOVESwitch hardware offloadGPU utilizationNVIDIA hardware accelerationAI FactoriesAI Factories reference architectures

Company Brief

F5
Provides application delivery networking, load balancing, and security solutions for on-premises and cloud environments, helping organizations optimize, secure, and scale applications and APIs across multi-cloud infrastructures.
Industry: Networking Equipment
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Seattle, United States
Founded: 1996
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